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Man Robs Bank Hoping To Go To Federal Prison, But Gets State
AP ^ | 7/10/05

Posted on 07/10/2005 5:01:26 AM PDT by linkinpunk

Man Robs Bank Hoping To Go To Federal Prison, But Gets State

POSTED: 5:35 pm EDT July 8, 2005

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A bizarre bank robbery has led to an even stranger criminal case in Orange County. It involves a former CIA operative, who did time in federal prison for espionage and then wanted to go back into federal prison because he wanted free medical care.

Frank Arnold Nesbitt, 60, is a two-time loser in a big way. He wanted to get back to federal prison for the free medical care, but now he's heading to state prison, which isn't quite as nice.

Nesbitt walked into the Wachovia Bank in downtown Orlando last December and handed the teller a note that read, "I regret having to do this. It is the only way that I know to return to prison."

Nesbitt asked for a few thousand dollars and wrote, "There is no need to include a dye bag. I intend to immediately give the money to who ever arrests me outside."

Nesbitt told the teller to notify security immediately after he had left and that he would wait outside to be arrested and left his driver's license and social security card with the teller.

"This is the strangest case I've ever had," said prosecutor Scott Pignone.

Nesbitt's plan, after researching the law, was to go back to federal prison for a short time for a simple theft charge, just long enough to get free medical care and get out. But this week, an Orange County judge sentenced him to 16 months in state prison.

"Judge says he was trying to steal," commented Pignone.

Nesbitt went to federal prison 15 years ago, because his plan to sell what he assumed to be out-dated unclassified material to the Russians for tens of thousands of dollars and then get hired by the United States government as a counter-spy also backfired.

Now, Orange County is punishing Nesbitt for trying to connive his way into free government medical care by sending him to state prison where Florida taxpayers will pay for his medical care, food and shelter for the next year or so.


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1 posted on 07/10/2005 5:01:26 AM PDT by linkinpunk
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To: linkinpunk

Any older FReepers remember a movie (Charlie Chaplin?) about someone trying this for free food?


2 posted on 07/10/2005 5:07:05 AM PDT by From many - one.
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To: linkinpunk
So he was expecting a vacation at Club Fed. He must not have read the fine print. The feds reserve the right to change the itinerary.
3 posted on 07/10/2005 5:07:35 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Andrew Heyward's got to go!)
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To: linkinpunk

If he hadn't given his reasons, he may have got his wish.


4 posted on 07/10/2005 5:09:33 AM PDT by Flyer (GRRRRR. . .)
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To: linkinpunk

For some reason, Ralph Cramden comes to mind.


5 posted on 07/10/2005 5:10:58 AM PDT by nuconvert (No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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To: linkinpunk
Nesbitt's plan, after researching the law, was to go back to federal prison for a short time for a simple theft charge, just long enough to get free medical care and get out. But this week, an Orange County judge sentenced him to 16 months in state prison.

Nesbitt went to federal prison 15 years ago, because his plan to sell what he assumed to be out-dated unclassified material to the Russians for tens of thousands of dollars and then get hired by the United States government as a counter-spy also backfired.


Not exactly Our Man Flint is he?
6 posted on 07/10/2005 5:11:10 AM PDT by Kozak (Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
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To: linkinpunk

He should have picked a Federal Reserve to heist.


7 posted on 07/10/2005 5:30:19 AM PDT by Semper Paratus
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To: everyone

Unfortunatly...this might become an epidemic in our society...I mean, who wouldn't want free health care, A/C, cable, meals, clothing.


8 posted on 07/10/2005 5:42:16 AM PDT by Elathan
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To: linkinpunk

Very dumb. If he wanted a federal prison sentence he should have committed a crime that liberals consider serious: building something on swamp-land (federally protected wetlands), not paying enough to the IRS or making fun of a sodomist (hate-crime).


9 posted on 07/10/2005 5:49:13 AM PDT by StockAyatollah (Outsource RINO Senators)
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To: linkinpunk

Why didn't he just move to Sweden or some other socialist paradise?


10 posted on 07/10/2005 6:24:20 AM PDT by wouldntbprudent ("Tell the truth. The Pajama People are watching you.")
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To: Semper Paratus

Has he been diagnosed with something already? Or is all this a precautionary measure? lol.


11 posted on 07/10/2005 6:30:48 AM PDT by clarissaexplainsitall (stewed tomatoes are just plain gross)
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To: linkinpunk
Maybe he wanted one of those sex changes or a little plastic surgeries they're providing inmates these days...

Anyway this clown sounds like he's a couple of bricks short of a full load. LOL

when folks do crimes so they CAN be sent to prison then you KNOW that prison has gotten too soft.

do away with the cable TV and ridiculous medical care just to name a couple of bennies and then maybe reality will prevail...

while I'm on the subject, DEPORT THE INCARCERATED ILLEGALS!
this will open up slots for American criminals and cut the cost of prisons dramatically since ONE THIRD ARE ILLEGALS.
of course until they secure the borders this will be fruitless.
12 posted on 07/10/2005 6:46:06 AM PDT by kellynla (U.S.M.C. 1st Battalion,5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Div. Viet Nam 69&70 Semper Fi)
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To: Elathan

Dont forget drugs and girls


13 posted on 07/10/2005 6:49:56 AM PDT by Flavius ("... we should reconnoitre assiduosly... " Vegetius)
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To: kellynla
A bizarre bank robbery has led to an even stranger criminal case in Orange County. It involves a former CIA operative, who did time in federal prison for espionage and then wanted to go back into federal prison because he wanted free medical care.

Put this with your comment about him being a few bricks short of a full load.
No wonder the CIA's intel seems to have been flawed for so long. Nuckleheads like this.

14 posted on 07/10/2005 8:04:40 AM PDT by mountn man (Everyone brings joy into a room. Some when they enter. Others when they leave)
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